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American Ginseng

People mainly take American Ginseng for memory, anxiety, mood. Based on 5 first-hand reports and 12 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #988 of 1,974 overall.

14
User score
Mostly positive
20% positive0% mixed0% negative80% unclear

Of reports that state an outcome, 100% are positive.

Clinical research
AStrong research base
12
meta-analyses
37
RCTs
713
papers

What American Ginseng does, according to users

Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.

What the research says

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.

AStrong research base

3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.

J Clin Oncol · 2024 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: ASCO-Society for Integrative Oncology Guideline Update

Conclusion: Clinicians should not recommend L-carnitine, antidepressants, wakefulness agents, or routinely recommend psychostimulants to manage symptoms of CRF. There is insufficient evidence to make recommendations for or against other psychosocial, integrative, or pharmacological interventions for the management of fatigue.Additional information is available at www.asco.org/survivorship-guidelines.

PubMed 38754041 ↗
Cancer J · 2019 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Integrative Therapies for Cancer-Related Fatigue

Conclusion: While there is increasing evidence for integrative therapies for CRF, because of lack of rigorous trials and replication, no therapies could be definitively recommended. Further rigorously designed integrative therapy research is needed and should consider implementation and dissemination.

PubMed 31567463 ↗
PLoS One · 2017 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
A systematic review of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions of herbal medicine with warfarin

Conclusion: It was difficult to determine whether ten herbal medicines had significant effects on the PK-PD parameters of warfarin. Low quality of evidence, different compounds within and different compositions of the herbs, and methodological limitations of the crossover study, which is a clinical study in which subjects receive a sequence of different interventions, made it difficult to form conclusions. Additional studies that remedy these vulnerabilities are necessary to verify these results.

PubMed 28797065 ↗

Dosage people report

As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.

single doseas reported

Reported side effects

How often each side effect came up across all reports.

No side effects reported so far.

What users say

Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.

“with my stack at the time which included American Ginseng I seemed to have an increased sense of will power/agency, decreased anxiety and increased sociability.”
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“Improved working memory performance following administration of a single dose of American ginseng”
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“American ginseng”
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“American Ginseng or Korean Ginseng 🫚.”
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“Cognition: Ginkgo Biloba, curcumin, American ginseng”
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Top discussions (5)

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User data from public discussions; research from PubMed. Information only, not medical advice — talk to a doctor before starting, stopping or combining anything. Data updated October 2, 2026. How we rate